Outpatient procedure · APC 8011

Comprehensive Observation Services

In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $2,634 per procedure at 2,753 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $2,362 and $2,697.

Also known as: Observation stay

National figures, 2024

Average payment per case: $2,634
Typical range (middle half of hospitals): $2,362–$2,697
Medicare’s share: $2,09079% of the payment
Average billed charge: $24,060
Hospitals reporting: 2,753815,315 procedures

Hospitals in South Carolina

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Average payment across these 50 hospitals: $2,368National $2,634 · South Carolina $2,368
Median hospital: $2,331
Lowest to highest: $2,124–$2,562
Medicare procedures: 15,082

50 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024. Download as CSV

Medicare payments per case for Comprehensive Observation Services by hospital, 2024
Hospital	Cases	Average payment	vs national average	Medicare paid	Billed charge
Novant Health East Cooper Medical CenterMount Pleasant, SC · CCN 420089	165	$2,124	19% below the national average	$1,637	$29,004
Piedmont Medical CenterRock Hill, SC · CCN 420002	270	$2,155	18% below the national average	$1,648	$33,947
Coastal Carolina HospitalHardeeville, SC · CCN 420101	179	$2,224	16% below the national average	$1,751	$37,573
McLeod Medical Center - DillonDillon, SC · CCN 420005	110	$2,245	15% below the national average	$1,766	$17,027
MUSC Health Florence Medical CenterFlorence, SC · CCN 420091	162	$2,286	13% below the national average	$1,809	$26,157
McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee DeeFlorence, SC · CCN 420051	846	$2,287	13% below the national average	$1,810	$19,633
Novant Health Hilton Head Medical CenterHilton Head Island, SC · CCN 420080	162	$2,289	13% below the national average	$1,799	$33,565
Roper St Francis Hospital-Berkeley IncSummerville, SC · CCN 420110	93	$2,293	13% below the national average	$1,810	$16,015
Prisma Health Hillcrest HospitalSimpsonville, SC · CCN 420037	194	$2,303	13% below the national average	$1,823	$17,883
Prisma Health Tuomey HospitalSumter, SC · CCN 420070	231	$2,304	13% below the national average	$1,827	$14,779
KershawHealthCamden, SC · CCN 420048	82	$2,306	12% below the national average	$1,828	$19,238
McLeod Health CherawCheraw, SC · CCN 420107	104	$2,307	12% below the national average	$1,824	$17,464
MUSC Health Marion Medical CenterMullins, SC · CCN 420055	63	$2,307	12% below the national average	$1,838	$20,319
MUSC Medical CenterCharleston, SC · CCN 420004	715	$2,311	12% below the national average	$1,831	$15,148
Lexington Medical CenterWest Columbia, SC · CCN 420073	501	$2,312	12% below the national average	$1,834	$18,893
Aiken Regional Medical CenterAiken, SC · CCN 420082	193	$2,316	12% below the national average	$1,834	$28,272
Conway Medical CenterConway, SC · CCN 420049	608	$2,319	12% below the national average	$1,839	$17,705
McLeod Loris HospitalLoris, SC · CCN 420105	381	$2,320	12% below the national average	$1,842	$21,172
Prisma Health Greer Memorial HospitalSpartanburg, SC · CCN 420033	278	$2,321	12% below the national average	$1,840	$17,622
Prisma Health Richland HospitalColumbia, SC · CCN 420018	362	$2,322	12% below the national average	$1,843	$18,472
Tidelands Georgetown Memorial HospitalGeorgetown, SC · CCN 420020	216	$2,325	12% below the national average	$1,847	$16,068
Trident Medical CenterCharleston, SC · CCN 420079	684	$2,327	12% below the national average	$1,845	$40,010
Prisma Health Baptist Easley HospitalEasley, SC · CCN 420015	206	$2,328	12% below the national average	$1,848	$17,615
Grand Strand Regional Medical CenterMyrtle Beach, SC · CCN 420085	803	$2,328	12% below the national average	$1,849	$32,865
Tidelands Waccamaw Community HospitalMurrells Inlet, SC · CCN 420098	610	$2,330	12% below the national average	$1,855	$14,896
Roper HospitalCharleston, SC · CCN 420087	311	$2,331	11% below the national average	$1,851	$14,679
Prisma Health Greenville Memorial HospitalGreenville, SC · CCN 420078	633	$2,332	11% below the national average	$1,851	$16,930
Cherokee Medical CenterGaffney, SC · CCN 420043	203	$2,335	11% below the national average	$1,859	$20,803
Union Medical CenterUnion, SC · CCN 420108	82	$2,336	11% below the national average	$1,850	$17,017
Bon Secours-St Francis Xavier HospitalCharleston, SC · CCN 420065	194	$2,337	11% below the national average	$1,857	$16,163
Prisma Health Baptist ParkridgeColumbia, SC · CCN 420106	140	$2,339	11% below the national average	$1,861	$15,528
St Francis-DowntownGreenville, SC · CCN 420023	317	$2,345	11% below the national average	$1,863	$18,793
Prisma Health BaptistColumbia, SC · CCN 420086	72	$2,352	11% below the national average	$1,874	$16,808
Pelham Medical CenterGreer, SC · CCN 420103	421	$2,352	11% below the national average	$1,868	$19,513
McLeod Health ClarendonManning, SC · CCN 420109	39	$2,356	11% below the national average	$1,877	$16,417
Cannon Memorial HospitalPickens, SC · CCN 420011	15	$2,361	10% below the national average	$1,881	$19,492
Mount Pleasant HospitalMount Pleasant, SC · CCN 420104	134	$2,362	10% below the national average	$1,881	$16,172
MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center DowntownColumbia, SC · CCN 420026	86	$2,389	About average	$1,894	$11,844
Carolina Pines Regional Medical CenterHartsville, SC · CCN 420010	195	$2,401	About average	$1,909	$23,239
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster, SC · CCN 420036	137	$2,431	About average	$1,928	$33,719
Prisma Health Laurens County HospitalClinton, SC · CCN 420038	91	$2,457	About average	$1,948	$16,542
MUSC Health Chester Medical CenterChester, SC · CCN 420019	20	$2,460	About average	$1,950	$12,223
Colleton Medical CenterWalterboro, SC · CCN 420030	162	$2,474	About average	$1,958	$27,725
Hampton Regional Medical CenterVarnville, SC · CCN 420072	150	$2,481	About average	$1,974	$12,914
Anmed HealthAnderson, SC · CCN 420027	296	$2,484	About average	$1,972	$21,534
Self Regional HealthcareGreenwood, SC · CCN 420071	536	$2,488	About average	$1,980	$13,246
Beaufort County Memorial HospitalBeaufort, SC · CCN 420067	580	$2,495	About average	$1,980	$17,402
Newberry County Memorial HospitalNewberry, SC · CCN 420053	86	$2,498	About average	$1,988	$14,297
Prisma Health Oconee Memorial HospitalSeneca, SC · CCN 420009	368	$2,503	About average	$1,989	$17,932
Spartanburg Medical CenterSpartanburg, SC · CCN 420007	1,596	$2,562	About average	$2,032	$19,277

National trend

Average payment and billed charge per procedure, and how many Medicare procedures were reported each year.

Average payment
Average billed charge

2020: 1,019,189 procedures at 2,860 hospitals · 2021: 965,877 procedures at 2,852 hospitals · 2022: 921,225 procedures at 2,850 hospitals · 2023: 863,129 procedures at 2,798 hospitals · 2024: 815,315 procedures at 2,753 hospitals

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National average payment and billed charge for Comprehensive Observation Services
Year of care	Average payment	Average billed charge
2020	$2,173	$19K
2021	$2,303	$20K
2022	$2,330	$22K
2023	$2,422	$23K
2024	$2,634	$24K

By state, 2024

Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.

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Average payment by state for Comprehensive Observation Services, 2024
State	Hospitals	Cases	Average payment	Typical range
Vermont	5	1,308	$1,285	$1,180–$1,485
Alabama	73	8,112	$2,241	$2,169–$2,264
Mississippi	52	11,311	$2,278	$2,235–$2,347
West Virginia	22	5,181	$2,285	$2,226–$2,367
Louisiana	64	14,412	$2,288	$2,259–$2,300
Tennessee	73	16,493	$2,299	$2,237–$2,337
Ohio	110	31,616	$2,317	$2,300–$2,380
Oklahoma	61	11,406	$2,348	$2,322–$2,440
Arkansas	40	11,142	$2,356	$2,302–$2,439
Kentucky	61	15,821	$2,359	$2,296–$2,442
South Carolina	50	15,082	$2,368	$2,308–$2,382
Kansas	33	7,920	$2,377	$2,321–$2,503
Iowa	31	7,279	$2,385	$2,330–$2,467
Missouri	63	15,191	$2,393	$2,335–$2,465
Michigan	81	23,451	$2,410	$2,364–$2,467
Georgia	92	21,579	$2,422	$2,298–$2,481
North Carolina	78	21,007	$2,426	$2,380–$2,450
Texas	233	58,602	$2,445	$2,375–$2,511
Nebraska	19	3,391	$2,450	$2,431–$2,480
Florida	166	77,597	$2,457	$2,443–$2,471
Maine	17	2,448	$2,457	$2,370–$2,519
Virginia	69	26,889	$2,459	$2,332–$2,524
Indiana	73	18,659	$2,464	$2,412–$2,485
New Mexico	22	4,083	$2,469	$2,369–$2,549
Utah	31	3,560	$2,478	$2,429–$2,452
Wisconsin	61	10,886	$2,497	$2,447–$2,538
Idaho	12	2,397	$2,548	$2,440–$2,614
Pennsylvania	122	33,705	$2,553	$2,415–$2,601
Illinois	113	39,922	$2,573	$2,522–$2,604
North Dakota	6	2,780	$2,590	$2,532–$2,653
Montana	10	3,213	$2,595	$2,543–$2,721
Colorado	48	13,460	$2,608	$2,586–$2,606
Minnesota	45	11,221	$2,627	$2,574–$2,716
New Hampshire	13	5,226	$2,637	$2,593–$2,699
South Dakota	11	2,485	$2,638	$2,559–$2,731
Arizona	54	22,819	$2,686	$2,639–$2,669
Delaware	6	4,912	$2,718	$2,698–$2,727
Wyoming	9	1,733	$2,722	$2,695–$2,745
Rhode Island	9	2,010	$2,752	$2,748–$2,778
District of Columbia	6	1,453	$2,758	$2,739–$2,795
Washington	45	8,931	$2,802	$2,728–$2,893
New Jersey	59	36,741	$2,897	$2,835–$3,029
Nevada	21	7,349	$2,900	$2,857–$2,915
Oregon	32	5,804	$2,901	$2,821–$2,873
Massachusetts	51	32,481	$2,920	$2,905–$2,928
Alaska	6	1,743	$2,936	$2,857–$2,998
New York	115	38,093	$2,983	$2,877–$3,083
Connecticut	26	15,665	$3,045	$3,022–$3,054
Hawaii	12	1,584	$3,127	$3,076–$3,276
California	242	75,162	$3,471	$3,347–$3,602

About these numbers

Average payment is what Medicare paid plus the patient’s deductible and coinsurance (and any other insurer), averaged over the hospital’s Medicare cases. It covers the hospital’s part of the care; doctors bill separately. For outpatient procedures it is Medicare’s allowed amount, which leaves out extra “outlier” payments for unusually costly cases; those are shown under the hospital name where CMS reported any, and included in the CSV. Billed charges are the hospital’s list prices, which few patients pay.

Medicare sets its payments by formula, adjusting for local wages, teaching programs, the share of low-income patients and unusually costly cases. Those adjustments drive most differences between hospitals, so a lower payment doesn’t mean better or worse care, and Medicare patients’ own costs usually vary much less than the totals. Private insurance pays different, usually higher, prices.

Source: CMS Medicare Outpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service (Medicare fee-for-service claims). CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 procedures. More in the glossary.